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A group of TMC legislators loyal to Mamata Banerjee on Thursday secured a separate room and dedicated speaking time in the West Bengal Assembly after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, party leaders said.
In a major political development, the parliamentary wing of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has witnessed a significant split, with six of its nine Lok Sabha Members of Parliament reportedly breaking away from the party.
Taking everyone by surprise, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata on Wednesday. She led a peaceful protest march in Dharmatala to fight for roadside hawkers who are losing their shops to new government drives.
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The Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), which provides a 33% reservation for women in the Parliament and state legislatures, came into force on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 4pm vote in the Lok Sabha which is discussing on the amendments to operationalise it.
Congress leader Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Thursday said that the initiative to provide 33 per cent reservation for women belongs to Congress.
The INDIA bloc has signaled a major recalibration of its political strategy, announcing that a formal, unified stance on the contentious issues of national delimitation and the caste census will be unveiled after April 15. The decision comes amidst a heated legislative environment as the government moves to fast-track the Women’s Reservation Act by delinking it from the ongoing 2026-27 Census.
Diplomatic tensions between India and China flared again this weekend as New Delhi categorically dismissed Beijing’s latest attempt to rename 23 locations in Arunachal Pradesh. Calling the move “preposterous” and “mischievous,” the Indian government stated that such administrative inventions would never alter historical and legal realities. With the creation of new Chinese counties near the Ladakh border also raising alarms, the path to normalizing relations remains blocked by Beijing’s persistent “cartographic aggression.”
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